Paul Howarth wrote:
>> But how does this program /sbin/new-kernel-pkg know
>> _which_ scsi driver to install?
>> In my case, at least, it seems to make the wrong choice.
>
> It should include any module listed as a scsi_hostadapter
> in /etc/modprobe.conf and any dependencies of those modules.
In my case, some program appends the line
alias scsi_hostadapter piix
to /etc/modprobe.conf ; and mkinitrd fails because
it does not find this module.
When I delete this line - which overrides an earlier
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
- all goes well.
So thanks to you I have discovered at last
why the official kernels fail on my machine,
and how to overcome the problem.
(In practice I used knoppix to mount the partition with /etc/modprobe.conf
in it, and deleted the offending line;
but I guess I could have used the Rescue CD for the same purpose.)
Again, many thanks!
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Timothy Murphy
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